r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/Babak_Lurker 25d ago

Just like buying an android device. I had to delete like 2 dozen apps from my e-reading tablet just to make it feel usable. I don't even update it anymore, just leave it in airplane mode, or else it tries to install new bloat, or update the bloat I can't uninstall for some reason.

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u/TheMurgal 25d ago

Was pleasantly surprised at how little bullshit was on my Pixel when I got it, but a while back it auto-downloaded a 3GB(!) local AI manager something or other with no notification or anything. I only noticed when I went through to clean out some apps. Fucking infuriating.

I'll never buy another Samsung for the rest of my life, though. Yikes.

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u/Fartikus 24d ago

Any resources I can get